BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Democrat Party is still united under the leadership of Jurin Laksanawisit who will be nominated as the party’s prime minister candidate despite mass defections of former MPs and speculation about resignations by current MPs, the party’s spokesman said.
SONGKHLA: The Move Forward Party candidate in the approaching by-election in constituency 6 of this southern province, Thiwach Damkaew, on Wednesday filed a complaint against Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) secretary-general Thamanat Prompow, accusing him of violating the Election Act.
Sonthiyan Chuenruthainaitham, founder of Top News television channel, was on Wednesday sentenced by the Appeal Court to eight months imprisonment without suspension for disrupting advance voting for the Feb 2, 2014 general election.
BANGKOK: Three current Thailand Cabinet ministers lost their posts on Wednesday due to their court verdicts for jail in connection with the 2014 s Bangkok shutdown and street protests which they had unlawfully orchestrated.
Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan, Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta and Deputy Transport Minister Thavorn Senniam, who received jail terms ranging from five years to seven years and four months respectively, have automatically lost their ministerial seats, according to the news reported by Xinhua
The Criminal Court ruled a group of 39 defendants, all being former political activists attached to the now defunct People s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), guilty of illicitly organising the massive anti-government protests against the government of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.